INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY STUDENT GUIDE AND LABORATORY EXERCISES.

THIS INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE TO AN 80-HOUR COURSE IN INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY IS COORDINATED WITH LESSONS IN THE STUDENT GUIDE AND LABORATORY EXERCISES AND IS BASED ON MATERIAL IN THE COURSE MANUAL, INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY. THE COURSE IS INTENDED TO TRAIN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AS BEGINNING RADIOGRAPHERS WHO ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THEIR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH FIELD EXPERIENCES AND CONTINUED STUDY. DEVELOPMENT OF THESE MATERIALS AROSE FROM THE U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION'S CONCERN FOR (1) REDUCING OVEREXPOSURE HAZARDS TO RADIOGRAPHERS, AND (2) INCREASING AVAILABLE MANPOWER IN THIS FIELD. CONTENT AND FORMAT FOR THE MATERIALS WERE PLANNED JOINTLY BY A COMMITTEE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM INDUSTRY, FROM THE U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, AND THE U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION. THERE ARE THIRTEEN LESSON PLANS WHICH FOLLOW THE ORGANIZATION--(1) TIME REQUIREMENTS, (2) OBJECTIVES, (3) TEACHING AIDS, (4) REFERENCES, AND (5) LESSON INTRODUCTION AND OUTLINE. THE LESSONS INCLUDE (1) STRUCTURE OF MATTER AND NATURE OF RADIATION, (2) NUCLEAR REACTIONS AND RADIOISOTOPES, (3) RADIATION EXPOSURE, (4) RADIATION ATTENUATION, (5) RADIATION ABSORPTION, (6) DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT, (7) PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF RADIATION, (8) INTRODUCTION TO RADIOGRAPHY, (9) ELEMENTS OF RADIOGRAPHY, (10) RADIOGRAPHIC FILM, (11) RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES, (12) RADIOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, AND (13) GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS AND LICENSING. AN APPENDIX INCLUDES A SUGGESTED PATTERN FOR EXAMINATIONS. (DH)